Articles: emergency-medicine.
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The beginnings of organized emergency care can be traced through military history dating back to the Middle Ages. In 1769, the first civilian rescue society was established to look after shipwrecked persons. Sociological and technical requirements of the late 19th century led to the formation of different rescue associations and to writing of regulations for rescue and ambulance services. ⋯ Today the rescue service functions to bring a physician, often an anesthesiologist, to the victim as quickly as possible. Modern rescue laws fix a lead time of 5 to 15 minutes for a professional rescue service to reach the scene. The medical equipment and qualifications of personnel treating life-threatening trauma and diseases have improved, and in this context, the role of the anesthesiologist is important.
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This article is the first of two parts outlining the objectives for a resident rotating in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is part of a larger continuing series on the goals and objectives to direct the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service rotations. ⋯ Critical care is a logical continuum for the sick and injured patient as he moves from the prehospital and emergency department (ED) settings to the ICU. These objectives are designed to focus the resident's reading and study during a critical care rotation.
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Vestn. Otorinolaringol. · May 1991
[Experience in teaching emergency care at the otorhinolaryngological faculty of the continuing medical training].
In order to improve the expertise and special skills of ENT doctors dealing with urgent cases, the curriculum of advanced medical training courses (the city of Donetsk) has been modified to include several stages: evaluation of the qualification of students; lectures, seminars, practical lessons. This helps ENT doctors to be better prepared when coping with urgent cases, which in turn leads to lower lethality rate and more successful rehabilitation of patients.
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A survey of all known pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs as of December 1990 was conducted in order to characterize and compare certain attributes of these programs with those that existed in 1988. The following attributes of the training programs were studied: number of programs, length of training, number of first-year positions, number of graduates, program participation in the National Resident Match Program, amount of clinical time required, elective rotations, didactic, research, administrative, and teaching experience, patient volumes, and attending staffing. ⋯ Patient volumes vary between 15,000 and 90,000, with a median of 39,000. The data offered are meant to act as a guide to further development of new and existing programs.